For all cases disposed of in the current fiscal year (2012) that were credited
to Judge Susan Webber Wright in the Eastern District of Arkansas, the
median prison sentence was 43.5 months, when looking only at cases with a lead charge of "08 USC 1326 - Reentry of deported alien".
This number is 163.6% higher than the
median prison sentence for all the Eastern District of Arkansas matters disposed in the same period. At
the same time, the judge's median prison sentence was 335.0%
higher than the typical 2012 sentence for the nation as a whole.
During the current fiscal year, Judge Susan Webber Wright has
sentenced 10 defendants
compared with 18 defendants during the twelve months
of the previous fiscal year.
Judge Susan Webber Wright's service terminated on December 1, 1990, due to statutory reassignment of judg.

Focusing on a five-year period, the median prison sentence imposed on defendants
that were credited to Judge Wright was 22.5 months. This was
1019.4% higher than the 2.0 months typical
in Arkansas East and 87.5% higher than
the 12.0 months median prison sentence for the nation.
Judge Susan Webber Wright sentenced 48 defendants during the past five years.

(CAUTION: The kinds of cases handled by individual judges influences
statistical information about their sentences. It therefore is
important to consider the breakdown of cases that each has handled,
available below, when making judge-by-judge comparisons.)

Figure 1: Five Year Comparison of Median Prison Sentencein Months

Figure 1 compares Judge Wright's numbers to those for judges in this district and
in the United States as a whole for cases of this type over the last five years.

During the last five years there were 6 other judges in the Eastern District of Arkansas with information
on convictions during that period.
Median prison sentence numbers passed down for those judges
ranged from 0.0 months to 12.0 months, putting Judge Wright's median prison sentence
of 22.5 months at the higher end of the range.
The median prison sentence
for the whole Eastern District of Arkansas during that time was 2.0 months.

Figure 2: Detailed Comparison among Judges for the Eastern District of Arkansas

Professional Biography

Born 1948 in Texarkana, AR

Federal Judicial Service
Judge, U. S. District Court, Western District of Arkansas

Nominated by George H.W. Bush on September 21, 1989, to a seat vacated by Elsijane Trimble Roy; Confirmed by the Senate on January 23, 1990, and received commission on January 24, 1990. Service terminated on December 1, 1990, due to statutory reassignment of judges.

Judge, U. S. District Court, Eastern District of Arkansas

Nominated by George H.W. Bush on September 21, 1989, to a seat vacated by Elsijane Trimble Roy; Confirmed by the Senate on January 23, 1990, and received commission on January 24, 1990. Served as chief judge, 1998-2005.

Education:
Randolph-Macon Woman's College, B.A., 1970
University of Arkansas at Fayetteville, M.P.A., 1973
University of Arkansas at Fayetteville School of Law, J.D., 1975

Professional Career:
Law clerk, Hon. J. Smith Henley, U.S. Court of Appeals, Eighth Circuit, 1975-1976Faculty, University of Arkansas at Little Rock School of Law, 1976-1990 Assistant professor and assistant dean, 1976-1978 Associate professor, 1980-1983 Professor, 1983-1990Research assistant, Arkansas Constitutional Convention, 1979Visiting assistant professor, University of Arkansas at Fayetteville School of Law, 1980Visiting associate professor, Ohio State University College of Law, 1981Visiting associate professor, Louisiana State University Law Center, 1982-1983

Program Areas of Cases Handled

Cases disposed of by Judge Susan Webber Wright for the past five years fell into a number
of broad categories. The lead category for these cases was Immigration accounting for 68.8% of cases.

Other major categories with substantial numbers of cases that were disposed
by Judge Susan Webber Wright over the past five years were:
Narcotics/Drugs (29.2%).

Lead Investigative Agencies in Cases Handled

The lead investigative agency that referred cases disposed of by Judge Susan Webber Wright for the past five years
was the Homeland Security - Immigration and Customs Enforcement. It accounted for 70.8% of all cases.

Other agencies with substantial numbers of cases that were disposed
by Judge Susan Webber Wright over the past five years were:
Justice - Drug Enforcement Administration (29.2%).